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A condo community in Venice, Fla., that faced national scrutiny after it was accused of discriminating against gay couples has restructured its amendments. Casa Di Amici Condominium Association's previous bylaws forbade any units to be sold or leased to unmarried couples; they have been changed to allow gay couples and unmarried heterosexual partners. Board members said it was a misunderstanding and it was never the board's intention to discriminate against anyone.

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Commissioners in Hillsborough County, Fla., on Wednesday voted unanimously to create a domestic-partnership registry "that would allow unmarried people to make legal decisions for their" domestic partners, the Tampa Tribune says. The legislation, which was narrowly defeated in January 2013, received support from all four Republican commissioners who had previously voted against it. The commissioners also scheduled an Oct. 1 vote on a LGBT nondiscrimination bill.

Asked by ThinkProgress whether he supports the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., this week said he hadn't read the legislation, but he opposes adding sexual orientation to the nation's employment non-discrimination laws. "I'm not for any special protections based on orientation," Rubio said. Pressed about whether he supports protections based on gender and race, Rubio said that was "established law."

Legislation that would ban discrimination against students based on their LGBT status or perceived status was introduced in the House this week by openly gay Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla. Each of the six openly gay and bisexual members of the House signed on to the bill as co-sponsors, Polis said.

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., considered by some to be a potential candidate for president in 2016, said this week that he believes marriage should be limited to opposite-sex couples, but that he opposes a constitutional amendment banning marriage equality, adding that the issue should be left up to individual states. Rubio was noncommittal on federal legislation that would ban LGBT discrimination in employment, saying he needed to review a specific bill before commenting. Rubio's arguments against federal intervention in marriage mirror those of lawyers seeking to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act at the Supreme Court, although he once called DOMA "critical."

An Illinois House panel today is scheduled to discuss a marriage-equality bill, which has been introduced by out state Rep. Greg Harris, D-Chicago. "[T]he current marriage law is discriminatory and harms same-sex couples; and there is no compelling interest or rational basis to deny same-sex couples those benefits," according to the measure's description.